Wests Tigers

It is a signing the Wests Tigers hope will lead to a slew of player re-signings. Kelly Egan, the right-hand man of Des Hasler for almost a decade, will join the joint-venture outfit as its new general manager of football.

Tigers officials were furious at the publication on Sunday of sections of a report produced by the RLPA in 2015 in which it was alleged that the club had failed to ensure the well-being of contracted players.

Robbie Farah sat on the balcony of the Leichhardt Oval scoreboard drinking beer for more than an hour after full-time on Sunday. Next year he will be close to being the highest paid player in the game after the Wests Tigers agreed to foot $750,000 of his salary in 2017.

Leichhardt certainly wasn't the Tigers' jungle on Sunday. From the moment Tim Simona's kick-off to the match sailed dead at the Iron Cove end, drawing groans around the ground, it was evident this might not be their afternoon.